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Board of Trustees and Staff
R. Lee Laechelt, RF
Chairman of Trust
Trustee since 1992
Executive Vice President,
Alabama Forest Owners" Association
Melisa V. Love, RF
Vice Chair of Trust
Trustee since 1995
President, Forestry Consultants, Inc.
Mark D. Smith, Ph.D.
Secretary and Treasurer
Associate Professor
College of Forestry, Wildlife, & Environment, Auburn University
Larkin Wade, RF
Trustee
Trustee since 1992
Professor Emeritus,
College of Forestry, Wildlife, & Environment, Auburn University
S. Wayne Ford, RF
Trustee
Trustee since 2010
Retired Tuscaloosa Co. Extension System Coordinator
Mitch Coffee, RF
Trustee
​Resource Management Service, LLC
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